Auctions of Homogeneous Goods with Increasing Returns: Experimental Comparison of Alternative “Dutch” Auctions

Elena Katok
Elena Katok
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Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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Alvin E. Roth
Alvin E. Roth
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Department of Economics, Harvard University, and Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts 02163
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Elena Katok

ekatok(psu.edu

Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

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Alvin E. Roth

al_roth(harvard.edu

Department of Economics, Harvard University, and Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts 02163

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Published Online:1 Aug 2004https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1040.0254

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